Recognising and Resisting Injustice: Knowledge Practices and Politics Amongst Nepal’s Community Forestry Professionals
By: Sam Staddon
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.71 | Journal eISSN: 2002-0104
Language: English
Page range: 5 - 5
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2020
Accepted on: Sep 25, 2021
Published on: Nov 15, 2021
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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